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The work follows a young traveller who, setting off to make his fortune in a far off [[country]], discovers the remote and idealistic land of Erewhon (backwards it is reminiscent of the word 'Nowhere'). However, it is soon learned that this apparent [[Utopia]] has many faults.

The work follows a young traveller who, setting off to make his fortune in a far off [[country]], discovers the remote and idealistic land of Erewhon (backwards it is reminiscent of the word 'Nowhere'). However, it is soon learned that this apparent [[Utopia]] has many faults.

Erewhon heavily bears the influence of [[evolutionary theory]], and is written by an author who would later come to oppose the theory of [[natural selection]] put forward by Darwin.  While Samuel Butler was critical of [[religious]] [[hypocrisy]], his [[archetype|archetypal]] attitudes as a [[conservative]] [[English|Englishman]] are prevalent in the book.

Erewhon heavily bears the influence of [[evolutionary theory]], and is written by an author who would later come to oppose the theory of [[natural selection]] put forward by Darwin.  While Samuel Butler was critical of [[religious]] [[hypocrisy]], his [[archetype|archetypal]] attitudes as a [[conservative]] [[English]]man are prevalent in the book.

It is a fresh and original work of [[literature]], though it has been described by Peter Mudford as lacking in high imagination.

It is a fresh and original work of [[literature]], though it has been described by Peter Mudford as lacking in high imagination.

[[Category:Novels]]

[[Category:Novels]]